Oh dear, gspeech is google speech and any emmaubuntus system has to be online at all times to use it and start it. That's an unacceptable security vulnerability here. Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) . On Sun, 12 Mar 2023, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Plus, there are Ubuntu variants for XFCE(Xubuntu) and LXDE(Lubuntu) > and last I checked, there were XFCE and LXDE variants of Debian CD1 > and the Debian Netinstaller featured LXDE and XFCE alongside Gnome, > KDE, and Mate on the list of options at the install additional > software step. > > Presumably, other major distros have options, either at time of > downloading the iso, time of installation, or after installing the > system, to setup XFCE, LXDE, LXQT, or one of the many stand-alone > window managers. > > On 3/12/23, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > are you really sure it's necessary to use a specialized Linux > > distribution just because of the computer's age? > > > > I mean, Linux is pretty lightweight even on the flagship distros, in > > most cases, you're completely fine with them and can benefit from their > > accessibility support. > > > > I've recently installed Ubuntu Mate 22.04 64-bit on my cca. 15 years old > > laptop, and I was very pleased with the experience. > > > > Indeed, it was not as lightning as my current-one, though honestly, I > > had a feeling most of the delay came actually from the physical > > keyboard, which is very sturdy compared to today's standards, and takes > > quite an effort to type on. > > > > But even with this slowdown, the experience was still quite fluent. > > > > > > Best regards > > > > > > Rastislav > > > > > > D?a 12. 3. 2023 o 0:31 Linux for blind general discussion nap?sal(a): > >> I downloaded the latest release. It has espeak-ng on it but doesn't have > >> orca. I couldn't figure out how to get espeakup-ng to come up on boot so > >> I'd have a talking install at least. > >> For those that don't yet know emmaubuntus is a distribution aimed at > >> under-powered and refurbished machines stuff that would otherwise end up > >> in the land fills. It's for beginners to linux and the only reason I'm > >> doing anything with it at all is to possibly help a remote sighted person > >> migrate one or more old windows machines to this version of linux and she > >> hasn't used linux yet. It offers xfce and lxqt as desktops. If orca > >> isn't in the repository being used it ought to get in the repository so > >> the desktops get accessible for screen reader users. > >> > >> > >> > >> Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > >> defense of liberty: > >> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > >> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > >> > >> . > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Blinux-list mailing list > >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list